Metal car end



c. HGILES METAL CAR END. APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1916.

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c. F'. GILES METAL CAR END.

APPLICATION FILEDvMAY 8, l9|6 1,351,566, Patented Aug. 31,1920.

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C. F. GILES METAL cAR` END.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8', 1916.

l,35,566 Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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CHARLES F. GILES, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

To WALTER r. MURPHY, or' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.l

METAL CAR END.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application -led May 8, 1916. Serial No. 96,071.

'o f/.ZZ Ich/'14h -e't may conce-rn .Be it known that I, CHARLES F. G 1Lns, a citizen of the United States, resldmg at .Louisvillel in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Car Ends, of which` the following is a specication.

This invention relates to that, class of car ends designed primarily for freight car building or repair and which comprise metal sheets corrugated to stiffen them and better adapt them to withstand forces which they must encounter in use,

One object of the present invention is to so dispose the malin area of stifi'ening corrugations so as to insure superior strengthening effect, and'i'n addition thereto', to' improve the appearance of the structure; to which end, the corrugations covering the main area. of the sheet metal end, extend y horizontally and nearly-from side to side of' the car. I

Another obJec-t 1s to mcrease the reslstance of the sheet or sheets to buckling; to whichl end, another feature consists in providing vert-i -al corrugations in rposition to extend across the ends of the' horizontal corrugations and to lie adjacent to the corner posts of the car, when the sheet is in position.

Another object is to adapt the sheet to absorb as far as practicable, strains and vibrations exerted in the plane of the sheet and'in the general direction extendmg from plane ofthe sheet,'\vl1ich may be transmitted bythe longitudinally r1g1d horlzontal-corrugations, 'will be absorbed largely by the merging vertical corrugations. A still further object is to provide a structure which will most effectively combine both the abovenamed features, namely, security against buckling and for the proper transmission of lateral strains, to which end, a further .feature of the invention consists in combinlng with the horizontal corrugations, a plurality of vertical eorrugations near each corner p ost, one of which l'neferably'merges with the ends of the horizontalA corrugations.

A still further object. is to develop in sectlons, sheets adapted to be combined in coverlng the necessary area of a car end, and to construct these sectional sheets so that when desired, sheets may be combined to develop a continuous car-end area in which the several structural characteristics of the invention exist without interruption, to which end a further feature consists in constructing secv tions of the end covering with two! of corrugations, one set lying perpeinlicular to the other, extending to overlapping margins of the sheet sections, vand with corresponding corruga'tions on the respective sections nesting or overlying one another, so that there is no interruption in the characteristic structural features throughout the sheet. and

the sections interlock 4in the direction of the plane of the sheet. .It is to be understood` however, thatit is a matter of election whether this last-named feature of the invention be embodied, or whether the sheet sections are provided with flat attaching margins where they meet or overlap.

The invention will be more fully understood from two illustrative embodiments disclosed in the accompanying drawings` in which# Figure l is an end view of a conventional type of freight car;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2X-Q* of Figs. 1 and 4,'

-Fig. 3 is a section on the' line ft-3' of Fig. l1

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l. showing the use of additional vertical. corrugations near the corner posts;

Fig. 5 is a section on `the line :3y- 5* of the corrugated sheet employed in Fig. 4, the car framing being omitted,

Figs. b and T are two luilf-elevations of a car end showing modifications of the forms shown in Figs. `l and Il, respectively, accordv ing to which modifications, lthe horizontaland vertical corrugations of thenpper and lower sheet sections are continued to the overlapping margins of the sections and, Figs. H and 9 are sectional views taken 0n lines 8--8 and 9-9 of Fig. G.

l represents the end plate, 2 the corner vtion with the top margin plate secured from the original plane of the sheet.

lining, and 6 the end fascia ..fontinuing of 4 the end sill, 5, the

board of a conventional type of freight car,.which parts are usually made of wood, but may, for the purposes of the present invention, be constructed of any other suitable material.

In place of the outer sheathing of the car body at the ends at least., the present invention supplies for each end, a sheet metalv facpreferably consisting of two plates 7,

posts, 3 the end rails,

in, 8,u(Figs. 1, 2 and 3), or 7, 8, (Figs. 4 and 5), or 7", S", (Figs. 6 and 7), placed in posi- 9 of the upper beneath the fascia board 6, with the meeting edges of the plates overlapped as shown at 10 .(Figs. 1 to or 1()b l(Figs. 6 and 7), and with the lower margin 1 1 depending inthe forni of a drip apron over the end sill 4; while the vertical side marginal portions of the sheets are shaped as at 12 and 13 around to which they may be suitably attached and additionally secured by the corner straps 14. But while these conditions are preferably embodied in carrying out my invention, they may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof in its broader aspects. The

the corrugations to the meeting margins vof the sheet. sections provides an interlock in the direction of the plane of.V the sheet and is an important feature of the extending nearly from side toside of the car, and with intervening corrugations 16,l

preferably, 'though not necessarily, of curved 4or sine-wave form and extending oppositely from the intermediate or neutral line; but these corrugations may be spaced apart vertically with plane surfaces in between them, or they may be pressed at. vertically spaced intervals in one direction oily he outwardly presented corrugations are preferably made to receive theend rails 3, so that those presented inwardly, or the inner surface of the sheet, can rest in abutment against the lining.

At the ends of the horizontal corrugations 15, 16, andadjacentto the corner posts of the car frame, are vertical Icorrugations 17 in position to prevent the sheet buckling or rolling upon an axis parallel to the horizontal corrugations, and these vertical corrugations, if one set only is used, are preferably merged with the ends of the horizontal co1'- rugations as shown at 18 in Figs. 1 and 3. They may, however, Abe spaced from the ends of the horizontal corrugations without sacrithe corner posts 2 portions o f the car body, shaped with cing all of the benefits of this feature of the invention. l

According to Figs. 4, 5 and 7, additional vertical corrugations 19 may be employed near the corner posts; and these'are preferably spaced from the corrugations 7 by an intervening cori'ugation 20. They may,

however, be spaced a greater distance by flat portions of the sheet. surface.

lVith a sheetl steel end for freight cars constructed in accordance with Figs. 1 and 3 .or Figs. 4 and 5, or Fig. 6, or Fig. 7,' the structure is rendered strong' and rigid against internal or external thrusts longitudinally of the car, as for instance those resulting from shifting cargo; strains transmitted athwart. the car end and which resolve themselves largely into diagonal stresses will be largely absorbed by the relation of horizontalcorrugations covering the intermediate area and the corner posts; arid the sheets are left with smooth margins, vvlghicli render them very convenient for attachment to theexisting frame members cars; and when the corrugations are continued to the o verlapping margins of sheet sections as shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9, and these overlapping margins have their corrugations nesting. or overlapping, as shown, and suitably secured to the framing, additional rigidity is lent to the vstructure of .conventional freight 85. vertical corrugationsv near and the main purposes of the invention are ing nearly to the vertical marginsfiof the sheet, and with vertical corrugations near said vertical margins lying transversely across the ends of the horizontal corrugations; there being a-plurality of said vertical corrugations at each end ofthe horizon-.

tal corrugations; one of the vertical corrugations being merged with ends of the horizontal corrugations,. vertical corrugation/being spaced from said merged corrugation. v-

2. A metal facing member yfor railway cars comprising a metal sheet constructed with its main area horizontal corrugationsextend-4 and the f l adj acent 1 for attachment to vertical and horizontal y with its main area horizontal corrugations lextendingI nearly to the vertical margins ofthe sheet, and with vertical corrugations near.. lying transversely' said vertical margins. across the ends of the horizontaleorrugations; there being a plurality of said vertical corrugations at eachend of the horizontal corrugations; one of the Vertical corrugations being merged with ends of the horizontal corrugations, and the adjacent izo is'o

vertical corrugation being spaced from said merged corrugation by' an intervening corrugation of the metal.

3. ln combination with a freight'car having vertical corner posts, a sheet metal end member formed at its vertical margins for attachment to said vertical'corner posts of the car frame and having the main portion of its area lying therebetween formed with horizontal corruga'tions extending nearly' to the corner-post attaching-portions of the sheet, and with a plurality of vertical corrugations formed in the sheet between each corner-post attaching-portion of the sheet and the adjacent ends of the horizontal corrugations; one of the vertical corrugations being mei'ged with the adjacent ends of the horizontal corrugations.

Lt. A sheet metal end structure for a railway car, comprising a metal sheet formed with a plurality of' parallel corrugations which merge one into another and formed with` a rigidifying corrugation extending transversely to the first mentioned corrugations, and merging into their extremities.-

A sheet metal end structure for a railway car, comprising a metal sheet formed with a plurality of horizontally disposed, parallel corrugations which merge one into another and formed with rigidifying corru-l gations which merge into the extremities of said horizontal corrugations.

6. A sheet metal end structure for a'railway car, comprising a metal sheet formed withv a rigidifying corrugation extending substantially across the sheet andV formed with a plurality of parallel corrugations which merge one into another'throughout 4their length and which merge at their extiemities adjacent one edge of the sheet into one side of'said firstnientioned corrugation.

T. A sheet metal end structure 'for a railway car, comprising a metal sheet having its edges bent to overlap the corner post ot' the car, a rigidit'ying corrugation extending substantially across the sheet, a plurality of parallel corrugations which extend transversely of said first mentioned corrugation corrugations adjacent opposite edges oi the sheet, and the edges bent back to provide end post receiving grooves between said corrugations and said edges, corrugatioiis spaced inwardly of tie first mentioned corrugations, and transverse corrugations extending across the space between said second mentioned corriigations and merging at their extremities into the sides of the said second mentioned corrugatioiis.

9. A sheet metal end structure for a railway car comprising a sheet having a plurality Loi adjacent corrugations extending uninterruptedly across the sheet, and a corrugation extending along each of the edges of the sheet transverse to the first mentioned corrugations into which the extremities of the first mentioned corrugations merge.

l0. An end sheet for railway c ars having parallel corrugations providing continuous uninterrupted ri gidifying beams extending substantiallyacross the sheet, and rigiditying corrugations adjacent the margins of said sheet and merging into the extremities of all of said first mentioned corrugations.

l1. An end sheet -for railway cars vhaving parallel corrugations providing continuous uninterrupted rigidifying beams extending substantially across the sheet, and inwardly pressed rigidifying corrugatioiis adjacent the margins of said sheet and merging into the extremities of all of said' first mentioned corrugations.

l2. A sheet metal end structure for a rail# way car, comprising a sheet having a plu rality of corrugations extending un'interf ruptedly across the siieet and merging one into the other throughout their length, and a' transversely disposed corrugation adjacent.

each of thev margins of the sheet into which the extremities of said first mentioned cor--` rugations merge.

13. In combination with the corner posts of a railway car of a sheet metal endjstructure for the car comprising a sheet having a plurality of adjacent horizontally disposed corrugations extending across the car substantially from corner post to corner post and a corrugation on eachotl the edges of the sheet transverse to the first mentioned corrugations into which the extremities of the first mentioned coriufrations merge.

The Jforegoing specification signed at Louisville, kentucky, this 17th day of April, 1916. 1

CHARLES' F. GILES. 

